Audiobing "Hearts for Motors" (self) Heaven 17 are alive and well and living in Montreal, reworking "We Don't Need This Fascist Groove Thing" for 2000. Killer single. 9 (CY)

Brassmunk One, Two/Stop, Look and Listen (Brass Music) Some more hot shit from down the 401. This one gets the nod two times! 9 (SC)

Thuryn Von Pranke What's Up? ( Effendi/SRI) An impressive debut from a local pianist worth keeping an ear on. 8.5 (LD)

Michael Fakesch Marion (Musik Aus Strom/Fusion III) One half of Funkstorung delivers an Aphex Twin/Autechre-ish wacky-techno solo project, dedicated to his girlfriend. 8 (KE)

Bjoerk "Amphibian" (Astralwerks) Bjoerk as Billie Holiday? Or Jarboe from Swans? Strings. Lulling. We like. 8 (CY)

Kardinall Offishall Husslin' EP (Figure Four/Fat Beats) Our lippy friend from Toronto gets back to pumpin' out some serious beats to back his wicked corny flow. You're ghettoooooo! 7 (SC)

Various Kafka: Disco Alternative (MPV/Musicor) Groovy Aardvaark, Akuma, Les Slot Machine and other Mtl heavyweights ask that all-important question: "do you like your disco heavy!?" 7 (JC)

Guerilla Plus Question De Reculer (Indica/Sodec) The francophone answer to Rage Against the Machine. 7 (JC)

Jason Prine Desh Pardesh (Tar Media/Fusion III) At times this sounds remarkably like a rip-off of DJ Shadow's Entroducing... 6 (KE)

Various Red Star: A Tribute to Rush (Dwell) Sub-standard death metal bands pay tribute to one of the worst bands of all time. 3 (JC)

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